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Recent Examples of airframe
Meanwhile, China is developing different fighter jet airframe models at a rapid pace, as opposed to the more integrated and modular approach adopted by the West.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
That is, flight so close to Mach 1 that some areas of airflow over the airframe exceed the speed of sound.
—New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The drone is the ostensible replacement for the Mavic 3 Enterprise and features a similar backpack-friendly foldable airframe.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
That is, flight so close to Mach 1 that some areas of airflow over the airframe exceed the speed of sound.
—New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The drone is the ostensible replacement for the Mavic 3 Enterprise and features a similar backpack-friendly foldable airframe.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airframe
Noun
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Investigators also recovered black boxes from both aircraft.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Russia has regularly sent military aircraft near Alaska.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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None of his employees knows how to manage an airplane, Wang replied.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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A bit where Daffy and Porky launch their own ride-share service ends with them stuffing a customer into the landing gear of an airplane, only for the poor guy to fall to his death immediately after take-off.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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Add to that the expense of fully implementing Trump's plans —which will include hiring hundreds of people, more than doubling ICE detention space to 100,000 beds and adding many more planes for deportation flights.—
Axios,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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Passengers stand on the wing of an American Airlines plane as they are evacuated at Denver International Airport on Thursday.—
Jay Blackman,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The strikes come amid a new, dangerous cycle of escalation in the Middle East in which Ansar Allah has resumed its long-range offensive against Israel and ships navigating the Red Sea and surrounding waters.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Battlestar Galactica, an ancient starship that had been decommissioned, is the only ship to survive the attack.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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This month, it was announced as the motor supplier of the Flying Whales airship project.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2025
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Alternative options have always existed—imperial Germany used Zeppelin airships in World War I to subdue the city of London, and Nazi Germany developed V-1 cruise missiles and V-2 ballistic missiles in World War II.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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The process is expected to take up to an hour, according to SpaceX. Medical checks will be performed before the astronauts board a helicopter to the airport.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Once a week or so, one of them takes a short helicopter ride to the northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano – necessary because in 2022 an eruption buried more than a mile of the road in 30 feet of lava.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Airframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airframe. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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